Bridging the Gap: A Data-Backed Story of Financial Exclusion in Africa.
# Financial Exclusion in Africa
Bridging the Gap: A Data-Backed Story of Financial Exclusion in Africa.
This repository contains a data-backed report and code analyzing financial exclusion across African countries using the Global Findex dataset (2021–2024).
## Contents
- `report.md` or `report.pdf`: Full written report with insights, personas, and recommendations
- `Global_findex.ipynb`: Jupyter notebook with data cleaning, analysis, and visualizations
- `dual_access_df.csv`: Filtered dataset of dual-access countries
- `src/`: Python scripts for preprocessing and scenario labeling
## Personas
- Market Trader
- Rural Farmer
- Artisan
- Student
## Key Insights
- Mobile money drives access, not inclusion
- Financial gaps reveal structural exclusion
- Digital access ≠ internet usage